Year of Light to shine in Orkney Science Festival
The International Year of Light will provide one of the themes of this year’s Orkney International
Science Festival – and the centenary of Einstein’s theory of general relativity will be another.
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Exhibitions
Images of workers on a massive offshore wind farm, photographs of Orkney’s history, A Taste of Orkney, and the story of the salmon coble and the king of fish…
Programme 2014
This year’s programme will be here soon, and meanwhile here’s a look back at last year, which had over 60 events: energy, earth sciences, astronomy, medicine …
About Orkney
“Those soft green hills, the ledged sea-cliffs, the shallow lochs, those curving sweeps of sand… the story of them all can be traced back …”
Food Events
At the Festival you can sample Orkney fare at various events, from the opening lunch to the closing ceilidh, with daily lunches at the Peedie Kirk, and download from here the Peedie Producers Guide to find out …
OISF Shop
For an early flavour of the Festival, or for a present with a difference, try the OISF Shop. We have CDs of music from the Festival, postcards of scientists and Orkney scenes, badges with lively messages.
Frontiers magazine
Frontiers is a new online magazine highlighting science and people. Our aim is to find fresh ways of viewing existing territory and to look out to new horizons to be explored.
Festival Updates
The dates for this year’s Orkney International Science Festival are Thursday 3 to Wednesday 9 September 2015. Meanwhile here’s a link to last year’s programme. It will be soon be replaced by an early version of this year’s programme, and then a link to tickets for online booking.
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